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POST PERFECTION Filmmaker Greg King possesses a varied post- production skill set, but can the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch take his work to the next level?
ABOVE The Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch functions at an impressive speed straight out of the box, propelling creative projects forwards
Typically, the very basic animation of shapes or text may not be too demanding on storage, but for King’s project, the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch’s great read/write speeds proved attractive. He was faced with more advanced video, image and textural elements as part of the project, which could all prove significant challenges for some portable drives. However, King felt the Samsung portable drive passed each test with flying colours. “I was pulling a lot of data through the drive. Usually in cases like this, a lot of time is wasted, and this has an effect on your creative flow. With the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch, there were no such delays,” he reports. And delays needn’t be a worry with the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch. Through a combination of USB 3.2 Gen 2 connectivity and the portable drive’s powerful embedded technology, read
use the drive with a monitor/recorder to capture data to as well, but I was limited to post-production for now.” A versatile workflow requires storage that’s quick enough to keep up. But what did King think on that front? “Straight out of the box, the speed of the portable drive was very noticeable,” he says. “In the past, I’ve been stuck using HDD storage, but with this, simply having an immediately workable environment as soon as I opened my project and programs was a novelty.”
NEVER HAVING SETTLED for just one speciality, Greg King is happy doing a bit of everything visual. “Videography, editing, motion graphics,” he reels off. “I tend to work alone, so I handle each stage of the projects I’m involved in, including each step of production.” On a recent project, King made use of the Samsung Portable SSD T7 Touch. “It was my primary storage device and a scratch disk to work from. The project itself was a mix of editing and animating. In more typical times, I’d be very keen to
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